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Due to an unfortunate power cut last weekend at Bungalows and Bears our Mini fair had to be cancelled, boo hoo! The great news is that we’ve rescheduled it for this weekend so this is your last chance to get your hands on some wonderful craft goodies!
The time of the fair has changed a little because of a music event that evening at the venue so it’s now 1-5pm!!
See you there! xx
Christmas cometh. As usual it has sneaked up on me and I’M NOT READY! I’m not going to bang on about gifts for him and her and whatever too much, there’s enough of that about. I just have a few silly things for you to look at and hopefully feel a bit jolly about. ‘Tis the season after all. Christmas essentials to me are comfort and joy, and peace and goodwill to all men. Rest and relaxation are my most limiting factors and it will be sweet-as to kick back at home over the holidays. Below are some small ways to increase the comfort and joy factor.
Deer = essential Christmas cute. There is nothing like a deer, nothing in the world…
1. Deer of plenty from The Thin Veil.
2. A Violet Pie plushie.
3. Retro adhesive gift tags from The Craft Pantry – See also their Merci Beacoup thank you cards. It’s so important to say thank you.
4.Vinyl wall Christmas decs from Household Words.
In addition – free downloadable deer printable anyone?
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Here’s a Christmas punch recipe I found through Design*Sponge that’ll put colour in your cheeks. And a lovely recipe for mini mince pies.
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Some sweet Christmas luxury lather for you, handmade, kind to all the little baby animals, and totally affordable!
1. Hot Cocoa lip salve from Long Winter Farm.
2. Peppermint lip balm in it’s sweet festive candy cane wrapper, from Aroma Fields on DaWanda.
3. Bathbomb, by Maia on Folksy so still time to order in for Christmas!
4. Liliwhites Handmade‘s gingerbread soap. Just remember not to eat it!
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I just love to sit with my somewhat home made gift pile and wrap them all pretty. I usually make an evening of it with Christmas tunes and mulled wine. For previous Christmases I have wrapped in paper saved form the previous year, but somehow this year I have no paper left (I must have used it all for birthdays). I refuse to buy paper for wrapping, its a freaking massive waste guys because you can’t commonly persuade the gift recipient to re-use! {NAUGHTY LIST!} And anything glittery or even a little bit metallic can’t be re-cycled, and if it can it’s still a waste of water and energy. So, after coming across a Japanese book on furoshiki , and LOVING IT, I decided to wrap in fabric. New, old, vintage, scraps, upcycled, whatever. It’s more likely not to be tossed out.
Top. Check out My Furoshiki on folksy. I love this seller! great products, beautiful presentation and always a little extra in the package!
Bottom. Oh so GOOD ON YOU Lush! Lush have joined me in my fabric wrapping frenzy and changed their gift wrap service from paper to vintage scarves. ROCK!
Fancy a go? Here’s another tutorial.
Can’t live without paper? Go on you’re forgiven for falling in love with these recycled wrapping paper prints from Fish Lips paper designs.
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And while we’re on the Good Will train. Try Oxfam Unwrapped for a more fulfilling stocking filler. Or for something more personal, did you know our Folksy has a shop with all proceeds dedicated to the support of the Cancer Research UK charity?
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I hope you all have a great holiday season, a nice rest and a lot of festive cheer.
See you in January folks! Peace out.
Hi folks, don’t miss out on the last mini of the season, they will be the usual array of fabulous craft in the lovely Bungalows and Bears – music, food and craft – perfect!
See you there! x
I love graffiti. From the latin ‘to scratch’, the word graffiti applies to any marking put into a public space. We think of graffiti traditionally as freehand spray painted art situated along railway sidings or on subway trains. But readers, it need not be. Banksy’s Maid in London (below) is a fine example of stencil graffiti. And we’re going to get more creative than that. Still if you fancy a crack at drawing old skool graffiti, (in a safe and legal way of course) check out this WikiHow. Or for an even safer option, try this graffiti colouring book or, download some free graffiti fonts at dafont and construct your own!
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See also Sticker Art (sticker bombing/slap tagging) where an image or message is pre-prepared and then publicly displayed using stickers. Inexpensively-purchased and free stickers such as “hello my name is” name tags are combined with hand-drawn art or inkjet labels can be home-printed in batch. Reminder kids – don’t vandalise things that you don’t own. But if you want to jolly up your personal property, here’s some flickr inspiration.
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One for the home? Vinyl decals!
1. Available on Etsy from Charming925 (amongst many others).
2. Something for the laptop from Vinylville.
3. Craftzine shows you how to design and make you own laptop decal.
4. I am very excited to try out this starched decal tutorial I saw at Design*Sponge. Perfect for renters, it peels right back off!
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But, this is MUSEROUND so why not get a little bit MORE crafty, thank you. Check out the phenomeon known as Yarn Bombing.
1. Knitta Please is based in Austin, Texas. When the collective’s first began tagging the streets in 2005, ‘yarnbombing’ was their response to the mass-produced, inserting handmade knitted and crochet art in a landscape of concrete and steel, and cheekily adding warmth to urban fixtures. See their blog here.
2. When the folks of Outdoor Knit called, the residents of Wellington NZ answered and gathered one Sunday aft to weave colorful hearts into the spaces on the chain link fence.
4. Deeply Superficial People add some paper in to the mix.
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Even greener graffiti? MOSS?!
Top. Seen over at Treehugger.
Middle. Moss graffiti tutorial on Craft.
Bottom. Well it looks green but we’re back to spray paint again. Here.
Have fun not doing anything illegal!
{exeunt}
